Key Benefits

 
 
 

Superior Safety

  • Safety - Microinverter is low voltage which eliminates the risk of arc fault

  • Risk of MC4 knock-offs and fire hazard is eliminated

Simpler in Design

  • No additional DC cabling (2.5-4c)

  • Eliminate need for RSD (5.5-7c) or optimizers (7-8c)

  • Able to deliver 208V 3-phase without a step-down transformer

  • Also capable of 240V. Micro is extremely cost-competitive relative to 240V string inverters (14c-18c/W).

  • Eliminates inverter racking cost - No footprint for microinverters required

  • Flexibility in system design (e.g. chopped up roof) -> better rooftop utilization rather than reducing system size.

  • Higher yield per sqft. The more complex the roof, the stronger our value proposition.

 

Simpler to Deploy

  • Electricians like working in AC

  • AC parts are standard / BOS accessibility (e.g. Home Depot run versus specialty solar store)

  • Less training required

  • Less complex and able to be completed by a lower-skilled workforce (i.e. lower cost)

  • Eliminate installer errors (inherent in long DC runs)

  • No field crimping

Simpler to Maintain

  • Microinverter eliminates a single points of failure risk with string inverters

  • Superior reliability relative to other RSD and optimizer technologies

  • Simpler troubleshooting compared to RSD devices from panel-level monitoring

  • Maintenance is easier and doesn’t require heavy equipment

  • Panel level data -> improves system reliability and long term yield

  • Service call vs emergency call. If one inverter goes down then this is a service call rather than emergency.

  • A smaller section of the array needs to be isolated for maintenance and swap inverters (one 20A breaker)

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Superior Performance

  • Increased yield. One MPPT per panel.

  • Shade tolerant